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Between 1492 and 1820, approximately 2.6 million Europeans immigrated to the Americas, of whom just under 50% were British, 40% were Spanish or Portuguese, 6% were Swiss or German, and 5% were French. But it was in the 19th century and in the first half of the 20th century that European immigration to the Americas reached its historic peak.
Some eight million German immigrants have entered the United States since that point. Immigration continued in substantial numbers during the 19th century; the largest number of arrivals moved 1840–1900, when Germans formed the largest group of immigrants coming to the U.S., outnumbering the Irish and English. [2]
It brought Northern European immigrants, primarily of British, German, and Dutch extraction. The English ruled from the mid-17th century and were by far the largest group of arrivals remaining within the British Empire. Over 90% of those early immigrants became farmers. [2] Large numbers of young men and women came alone as indentured servants ...
For a long time in the American Union, "Palatine" meant German American. [67] Palatine immigrants came to live in big industrial cities such as Germantown, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania. Land-searching Palatines moved to the Midwestern States and founded new homes in the fertile regions of Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio. [68]
Germans dominated the first big wave of European settlers to Iowa, forced from their homeland by revolution. German heritage remains prevalent today. German immigrants fueled the early European ...
German immigrants founded the now defunct football club Germania FV helping in large to popularize the sport in the modern Mexican consciousness, similar to the efforts of German immigrants in Brazil and Argentina. German roots are particularly notable in Mexican music due to the large numbers of German immigrants in Texas and northern Mexico ...
Pages in category "German emigrants to the United States" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 959 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Born in Spain in 1905, Severo Ochoa became a U.S. citizen in 1956 after living and studying in Spain, the U.K., and Germany. In 2011, the U.S. Postal Service issued a stamp in his honor, and many ...